The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, June 2, 2019

June 7 - 10, 1971 New Dog




Monday, June 7, 1971 DOG

It came off very hot today. I did my wash. I went with Betty over to Fryeburg. She got her a German Shepherd dog. Sue got one also. Es, Cliff and McCaman’s called. Es is awfully mad about Susan’s dog. I done regular work.




Tuesday, June 8, 1971

Kind of cloudy after showers last night. But hot and humid. Betty and I over to Norway. Kimmy stayed at home with her dog. She likes it very much. I ironed today, did regular work. Had showers in early a.m., in p.m. and early evening.



Wednesday, June 9, 1971

Clear and windy. I done up regular work. Susan came up today. Didn’t do much. We went down to Betty’s to see the new utility room. She went home about 2 PM to get kids to sleep and tend her dog.



Thursday, June 10, 1971

A nice day. Down to Betty’s. Bill working on utility room. Linda Weymouth graduated tonight from Lake Region High School.



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